[tex-live] kpsewhich case insensitive?

Denis Bitouzé dbitouze at wanadoo.fr
Sat Apr 7 00:03:27 CEST 2018


Le 06/04/18 à 17h10, Paulo Roberto Massa Cereda a écrit :

> Hi, Denis,

Hi Paulo,

> Mine returns:
>
> ------------------
> oxford:~ paulo$ kpsewhich hyperref.sty
> /usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty
> ------------------

And this even if there's a `HyperRef.sty' somewhere in the TeX search
PATHs?

> However, it might be interesting to note that my system *is* case
> insensitive:

But that's not the case of mine.

> ------------------
> oxford:~ paulo$ diskutil info / | grep File
>    File System Personality:  Journaled HFS+
> ------------------
>
> So 'hyperref.sty' and 'HyperRef.sty' would technically be the same, at
> least in here.

On insensitive systems, I can understand.

> How case sensitivity checking works under the hood is beyond my humble
> knowledge...

The same for mine :)

All the best.
-- 
Denis



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